China’s richest man, Wang Jianlin, has signed an agreement to invest 63 billion yuan ($9.45 billion) to build a tourism and sports complex in Jinan city, cinema-to-theme park developer Dalian Wanda Group said in a statement on Friday. The project, which will have malls, sports facilities, hotels... » Read more

Ethiopia may have the reputation of a famine-ridden country that needed foreign aid late into the 20th century to sustain itself. However, that hasn’t stopped the east African country from undertaking a ‘maddening’ stadium construction boom. A new 30,000-seat stadium is under construction in... » Read more

This year’s Coliseum Summit ASIA stadium conference will be held in the Chinese capital of Beijing on November 22-23, 2016. The summit gains additional significance in the backdrop of China emerging as one of the most promising stadium venues markets, not only in Asia, but in the world. Having... » Read more

Doha will be host the 6th Coliseum Summit MENA on October 18-19, 2016. A key attraction of the event will be the special venue tour of Khalifa International Stadium, the site chosen to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup™ final. The tour will be the concluding event on the first day of the Summit.... » Read more

China is rapidly increasing its ‘stadium footprint’. Having hosted the Olympics in 2008 and other major sporting events in recent times, the Asian giant is in somewhat of a spree with stadiums of all shapes and sizes being built across the country. The Chinese stadium experience will be one of... » Read more

David Campbell, President, Geiger Engineers, talks to Coliseum about the niche area of stadium roofing engineering solutions.   Coliseum “David, Geiger Engineers and sbp (Schlaich, Bergermann and Partner, Germany) share the global market of stadium roofing engineering solutions. Is that the... » Read more

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States opened its football stadium this Thursday (July 14, 2016) for Pokemon GO players who wanted to capture animated monsters at the venerated field. After a long line that snaked for hundreds of feet, players of the game swarmed the stadium,... » Read more